HEBREW WORD STUDY – SIMILAR ACTIONS – DEMUTH דמות Daleth Mem Vav Taw Genesis 1:26: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
HEBREW WORD STUDY – FORMED ‘ATSAR NATSAR נצר אצ Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” The word for formed is repeated two times in this verse in the
HEBREW WORD STUDY – PATIENTLY WAITING – CHAKAH חכה Isaiah 30:18: “And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he might be merciful upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment, blessed are all that wait for him.” He was there
HEBREW WORD STUDY – MELTING HEARTS Joshua 14:8: “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God.” We all know the story of the twelve spies sent out to scout out the Promised Land. Ten returned with a bad report and
HEBREW WORD STUDY – A LOVE SONG – SUR שׁור Psalm 137:4: “How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?” This Psalm is attributed to David but this was at least 500 years before the Babylonian captivity. Some say it was a prophecy given by David to express the sorrow that would
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LOVE – TOV MO’ED –מאד טוב Genesis 1:31: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” You won’t find this in any lexicon or commentary, nor has this idea been published in any academic journal
HEBREW WORD STUDY – AN INTIMATE VISIT – PAQAD פקד Pei Qop Daleth Psalms 17:3 “Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night.” If you have ever celebrated the Sabbath evening with a Jewish orthodox family you will notice they leave their doors open during the Sabbath night prayers (or pray
HEBREW WORD STUDY – NOISE LIKE A DOG – YEHEMU KAKALEV יהמו ככלב Yod Hei Mem Vav Kap Kap Lamed Beth Lamentations 3:63: “Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their musick.” Psalms 59:14: “And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go
HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE THE HEAT OF THE DAY – KECHOM HAYOM כחם היום Kap Cheth Mem Hei Yod Vav Mem ”Genesis 18:1: “And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; As I was preparing for this
HEBREW WORD STUDY – TEST, BANNER, MIRACLE – NASAH נסה Nun Samek Hei Genesis 22:1: “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].” All the English translations I checked (24 of them) say God tested Abraham. One says
